Finger | Mean of finger in English Dictionary
/ˈfɪŋgɚ/
- Noun
- one of the five long parts of the hand that are used for holding things
- one of the four that are not the thumb
- Don't stick your fingers in the cookie batter!
- He slipped the ring onto her finger.
- The baby held onto my thumb with her tiny fingers.
- She ran her fingers through his hair.
- He drummed his fingers on the table impatiently.
- something that is long and thin and looks like a finger
- a finger of land extending into the sea
- a finger of flame
- the part of a glove into which a finger is placed
- an obscene gesture made by pointing the middle finger up, keeping the other fingers down, and turning the palm towards you
- She was so mad, she gave him the finger.
- Some angry driver flipped me the finger on the highway this morning.
- very clumsy
- Sorry I dropped the vase; I'm all fingers and thumbs today.
- to have an interest or share in something
- a sharp talent agent who has a finger in nearly every pie in show business
- to touch or hit (someone)
- I don't know what he's complaining about. I never laid a finger on him.
- to make an effort to do something
- I have so many chores to do, and my sister won't lift a finger to help me.
- He never lifted a finger to try to improve his failing grades.
- to accuse or blame (someone)
- He was quick to point an accusing finger at his coworkers.
- Let's stop pointing fingers at each other and just solve the problem!
- to make an obscene gesture by holding up the index finger and the middle finger of one hand in the shape of a V while keeping the palm turned inward
- to find out the exact nature of (something)
- I feel that something is wrong but I can't quite put my finger on the problem.
- to work very hard
- She had to work her fingers to the bone to make enough money to raise her kids.
- Verb
- to touch (something) with your fingers
- She fingered the silk.
- She fingered her necklace.
- to identify (someone) as the person who has committed a crime
- He was fingered as a suspect.
